the cost of a separate life in clare
Since the separation two years back, Im finding out how expensive it is to basically run two households. Child support, separate rent, keeping both places somewhat decent. Its a financial squeeze that
39 stories from 11 writers across Ireland
Since the separation two years back, Im finding out how expensive it is to basically run two households. Child support, separate rent, keeping both places somewhat decent. Its a financial squeeze that
Small towns are brutal when you're trying to keep something private. Waterford might not be Dublin, but it's big enough that you can't know everyone yet small enough that everyone knows something abou
Sometimes the silence out here gets too much. Farm work is just me and the fields most days, no conversation cept maybe the local at the pub on saturday if im lucky. Thats why i drive. City is 2 hours
Another Friday night in Dublin and I'm staring at lines of JavaScript instead of making eye contact with anyone at the pub. My social anxiety isn't just a barrier. It's a full-on firewall blocking any
Been working a big contract down in cork and thought id share some thoughts about the difference between city and rural escort scenes. Gotta say its not all the same across ireland.In dublin you get m
Christ, I was a wreck before my first time. Post breakup with Sarah, six months of zero action and honestly feeling like complete shite about myself. My mate Darren suggested checking out an agency in
Look, I'll be straight up. Moving back to Sligo after years in Dublin was not my smartest move. Don't get me wrong, I love my hometown, but the dating scene here is basically a ghost town. Those apps?
Separation changes everything. One week youre full time dad, next week youre alone in this Clare cottage wondering how adult connections work. My ex and I split custody which means I get the kids ever
When Margaret left five years ago, she took more than half the house and most of my confidence. Suddenly I was this greying man in a half-empty terrace, wondering how intimacy had become something oth
I don't write this to justify anything. Just to be honest about something complex that doesn't fit neatly into good or bad categories. My marriage isn't broken. Sarah and I are solid. We have two kids
It's not easy being discreet in a town where everyone knows everyone. I've lived here my whole life. My family goes back generations. This means every interaction, every glance could potentially unrav
Its a long drive from my farm into Limerick. Norah knows this. She doesnt judge me when I arrive sweaty from the road worn out from watching empty fields roll past me for hours.Rural life gets lonely.
So I'm back in Sligo after three mad years in Dublin and honestly? The dating scene here is brutal. Like, absolutely brutal. When I was in the city, Tinder and Bumble were basically a buffet of option
Sometimes I wonder if my wife knows how lonely a marriage can get. Not the kind of lonely where you're physically apart, but where you're emotionally disconnected. Where conversations become transacti
I booked my first escort about six months ago. Not because I could not find other ways to meet people, but because the loneliness after my divorce had settled into something I could not shift. I lived alone in a…
I'm going to keep this vague in ways that'll probably be obvious. That's just how it is when you're from where I'm from. Belfast is a wee place. The bits that matter, the...
Just got paid from me last site job and knew straight away was gonna treat meself. Been workin construction up near Limerick for weeks now. Tough graft. Concrete pourin all day means ya need some rele
Eight years. I don't talk about it much, even here. Not sure what there is to say that's useful rather than self-indulgent. My wife died in 2015. Breast cancer. Diagnosed in March, gone by October....